We’re partnering with Save the Children, Whirl Recycling, Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre and Revolve Recycling for this event. You can drive and drop off your old and unwanted items for reuse and recycling including clothing and Manchester in good condition, small homewares, small to medium sized electronic items, small metal items, excess cardboard and bikes/e-bikes.
Group your items in different boxes or bags and pack these into your boot or rear of your vehicle so they can be safely removed by staff.
- Clothing and accessories, Manchester and small homewares
- Small to medium sized electronic items
- Small metal items
- Excess cardboard
- Bikes
Please stay in your vehicle - when you arrive at the event and our collection staff will unpack your vehicle to get you on your way faster.
What can you drop off?
Clothing and accessories, Manchester and small homewares
Accepted items:
New or used items in good condition
Quality women’s, men’s and children’s clothing and accessories including:
- Coats
- Jackets
- Jumpers
- Tracksuit pants
- Pyjamas
- Socks
- Singlets/thermal wear
- Shoes, belts, handbags, hats
- Jewellery
- Manchester
- Blankets
- Sleeping bag
- Towels
- Sheets
- Doonas
- Small quality homeware items such as ornaments, unique décor items and collectables - please wrap and separate these from the above categories
- DVDs/CDs/Vinyls
- Toys and games
Items not accepted:
- Underwear
- Uniforms
- Soiled / damaged Manchester
- Foo
- Furniture
- Used beauty products
- Potties and toilet equipment
- Rocking Horses
- Swimming items (eg floaties, goggles etc)
- Bike helmets
- Child car/booster seats
- Basinets, cots, prams, change tables, portable cots
Small to medium sized electronic items
Accepted items:
- Mobile phones
- Laptops
- Desktop computers
- Keyboards Cords and cables
- Cameras, camera lenses and accessories
- Servers, hard drives, switches, modems, routers
- Small motor from an electrical item (10kg maximum)
- Tablets, iPads
- iPods
- iPhones, Android
- Computer games, Gameboys, Nintendos, Xbox, Playstations
- Turntables, DVD players, stereos
- Receivers, amplifiers
- Drones
- Small to medium-size power tools
- Electric garden tools
- Vintage mobile phones and radios
- Apple Tav or Telstra TV
- Landline network phones
- Air conditioners Blenders
- Kitchen appliances (smaller than a microwave)
- Computer parts
Items not accepted:
- Whitegoods such as washing machines, dryers and dishwashers
- TVs
- Smoke detectors
- Household or lithium batteries
- Microwaves
- Air conditioners
- Fuel powered tools
- Light bulbs
Small metal items (must weigh less than 10kg and at least 80% metal)
Accepted items:
- Metal kitchen items: pots and pans, baking trays, knives, cutlery, utensils, colanders, steel bowls
- Metal handheld tools: hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, nails, nuts and bolts, nail clippers
- Metal dust bins and wire coat hangers
- Metal reusable drinking bottles and metal bottle caps
- Keys and metal locks
Items not accepted:
- Whitegoods
Cardboard
Items accepted:
- Excess cardboard
Items not accepted:
- Soiled cardboard
Bikes and e-bikes
Accepted items:
- Bikes and e-bikes in any condition
What you can’t drop off?
Unacceptable items include:
- Soiled/damaged clothing
- Underwear
- Uniforms
- Soiled/damaged Manchester
- Food
- Furniture
- Used beauty products
- Potties and toilet equipment
- Rocking Horses
- Swimming items (eg floaties, goggles etc)
- Bike helmets
- Child car/booster seats
- Basinets, cots, prams, change tables, portable cots
- Whitegoods such as washing machines, dryers and dishwashers
- TVs
- Smoke detectors
- Household or lithium batteries
- Microwaves
- Air conditioners
- Fuel powered tools
- Light bulbs
- Soiled cardboard
What happens to your items?
Clothing and accessories, Manchester, small homewares
Your donations go to Save the Children NSW Op Shops and profits from the Save Op Shops go to support Save the Children Australia’s health, education, protection and emergency support programs for children in Australia and around the world.
For more information, please visit www.savethechildren.org.au
Small to medium-sized electronic items
Co-founders of Whirl Recycling, Lisa and Adrian Saunders have created a network of committed recyclers, collectors and refurbishers who share their love of recycling. They give electronics a second chance through the most efficient ways possible. Over 60% of items collected end up being repurposed and reused.
All data is fully erased using global best practice methods conforming to 22 international standards.
Whirl’s free collection service picks up from homes, schools, businesses, government – all to make it easier to keep electronics and appliances out of landfill.
For more information, please visit whirlrecycling.com
Small metal items
Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre sends the small metal items to Sell and Parker Metal Recycling Services. The items are then shredded and smelted back into raw steel to be remanufactured into steel products.
Cardboard
Excess cardboard will be transported to Kimbriki Resource Recovery, where the cardboard is aggregated on behalf of Council. The paper/cardboard is then transported to Visy (another Australian company) in Sydney’s western suburbs, for sorting and sending to paper mills to produce packaging, cardboard boxes and other paper products such as recycled paper towels and toilet paper.
Bikes and e-bikes
Revolve ReCYCLING aims to be the primary platform in Australia to help riders, bike shops and other retailers, PTV fleet operators, importers and others give new life to old rides.
They provide a range of services from collecting to repairing, re-deploying, and selling bikes. They promote bike equity which includes giving kids bikes to kids who have no access to bikes. They also assist bike shops and bike fleet operators with waste minimisation services and offer bike service training and tune-up events in partnership with a range of councils.
In doing so they provide employment opportunities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds. For them, it’s part of being a more sustainable and kinder community. More information
What to do with other household items?
For household items that are not part of the reuse and recycling event, visit our A to Z Guide to Reuse and Recycling or visit our Reuse and Recycling Map, highlighting all the locations in the local area where you can drop off items for free for recycling or repurposing.
Alternatively, you could give your pre-loved items away to someone who needs it or try advertising online through Facebook Marketplace, Freecycle, Gumtree, Trading Post or eBay.
Location
Aquatic Reserve carpark Aquatic Drive, Frenchs Forest
NSW NSW 2086